I consolidated about 30k in credit card debt into a personal loan through sofi, in a year i have paid off over 4k of it and improved my credit score by over 100 points. I feel like the number is coming down now instead of going up. The interest rate is at 11% which is lower then all of the cards the lowest rate was like 17 the highest 22. I feel like I made the right call it also made it easier for me to plan just one payment and be able to pay extra toward on thing instead of like 10. Hope this helps
